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Whether it's an Fiend Corpse, a Corpse Fiend, a Blood Corpse, or a Puppet Corpse, if utilized properly, each refined Corpse can play a significant role!

Fiend Corpses have powerful combat strength; although unstable, they can completely hide in the back, using Corpse Qi to disgust others. One can imagine a powerful Cultivator just stepping out of their Sect.

Outside, an Fiend Corpse not weaker than him is quietly waiting, or perhaps two, one of which might even be his Old Ancestor's body....

Corpse Fiend can be refined into one's own Natal Corpse.

Even if a Corpse Fiend betrays, there's no fear; a Corpse Fiend's betrayal merely involves escaping and will not involve killing its master.

One can completely prepare some Spirit Materials and Evil Qi in advance to treat oneself promptly during a backlash.

Blood Corpses are used as scouting eyes, or to hold back enemies when being pursued, serving as excellent cannon fodder....

Puppet Corpses cannot advance in Realm, but due to their unique Corpse body structure, this is a completely new method of Corpse refinement.

The origin of Puppet Corpse records is that the Corpse Wraith Sect Sect Master developed it based on the Mohist School's mechanism Puppet art. Corpse Fiend refined in this manner are not afraid of Yang-attribute Dao Arts!

For example, Lightning Arts, Buddhist Arts, Fire Arts....

After being refined with unique techniques, Puppet Corpses no longer belong to the category of Yin-attribute physical bodies.

Instead, they are closer to Puppets: unintelligent, lifeless Puppets detached from a physical body.

And Puppets also have grade divisions! Just like the Cultivator's Realm, they are divided into: "Iron Armor Corpse, Bronze Armor Corpse, Silver Armor Corpse, Golden Armor Corpse, Earth Corpse, and even the legendary Heaven Corpse!

Among them, Iron Armor Corpses are the lowest and have no intelligence whatsoever! Their combat power is like that of a Mortal.

Bronze Armor Corpses correspond to Cultivators at the Qi Condensation Realm! Silver Armor Corpses correspond to the Foundation Establishment Realm....

In the Myriad Dao World, there are countless Dao Arts! And even more myriad schools!

Taking the Corpse Refining Art as an example, the Corpse Refining Art ultimately belongs to the "Slave Dao."

The Corpse Refining school is also known as the "Dao of Corpse Refining."

And the Slave Dao encompasses many schools: Mechanical Puppets, Beast Taming, Soul Seals, Corpse Refining.....

...............

At this moment, a calm voice came, and Li Tan subconsciously looked back.

It was clearly Li Zhi who called him!

Li Tan knew he couldn't resist and consciously walked over to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi first asked with concern if he had any unresolved questions about the Corpse Refining school.

Li Tan's thoughts collided rapidly, and he slowly eliminated one question after another.

But he still feigned deep thought for a long time before slowly saying, "I do have one question! Can the host refine a Corpse Fiend or Blood Corpse stronger than himself?"

If Li Tan could refine a powerful Blood Corpse, he naturally wouldn't need to think so much. Blood Corpses are safe and reliable, and if their Realm is powerful, they can just solve the weakness of his own strength.

Although he didn't have the refining method for Blood Corpses, the Corpse Wraith Sect certainly did!

"Yes, but generally, it can only surpass your own Realm by one major Realm, of course, excluding Fiend Corpses."

"If the Corpse Fiend is too high, you can't suppress it. If it's too low, it can't exert its full strength. Of course, some cautious Cultivators never refine Corpses that exceed their own Realm."

"But human hearts are greedy. Overall, most Cultivators still prefer to refine powerful Corpse Fiend."

If Li Tan were to choose regarding this tricky problem, he would probably also choose a powerful Corpse Fiend.

At this moment, Li Zhi slowly spoke, "My son, what are your thoughts on Demonic Path Sects and Immortal Path Sects?"

"It's here!"

Li Tan's heart suddenly felt a little uneasy; he could vaguely glimpse a slight change in Li Zhi's eyes.

"I might die!"

But to survive, Li Tan still mustered his courage and looked at Li Zhi's dim, lifeless eyes.

Then he straightened his body and spoke righteously, "I believe that a Cultivator's life is a struggle! A struggle with Heaven, a struggle with Earth, and a struggle with all living beings in the world."

"Cultivation is struggle! If you are weaker than me, I will naturally kill you and seize your Opportunity. This is a very common thing. The so-called Demonic Path and Righteous Path are merely conflicts of their interests and disagreements."

"So, whether it's the Demonic Path! Or the Righteous Path! Neither is a reason to restrain me, Li Tan."

Li Tan's words naturally had their implications. Since he couldn't figure out Li Zhi's intentions, he chose neither side!

And expressed it in another form: he could go to both the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path!

"Clap clap!"

For a moment, Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh and clap his hands.

"That's well said. We are all travelers on the Dao of longevity. There is no deep hatred between us, but I have many reasons to kill you."

"The Corpse Wraith Sect recruits new blood before the second month of each year at the Immortal Sect."

"And coincidentally, this year, the task of recruiting Disciples in Qingfeng City fell to me."

Li Zhi said unhurriedly, "As a recruitment examiner, I naturally have an instrument to test talent, but the premise of the assessment is to pass the questions posed by the examiner."

"Congratulations, my child, you have successfully passed my answer. Now it's time to test your talent."

After speaking, Li Zhi took out a blood-red crystal.

The crystal was small overall and an extremely vivid blood-red, exuding a hint of strangeness, as if it had life, bouncing up and down.

"This is the Blood Spirit Stone to be used for the test."

"It can detect the grade of your Spiritual Root and test whether you are a Puppet of those hypocrites from the Righteous Path."

"After all, many small fries break in every year, which greatly displeases the Sect Master, so he specially improved a new Spirit Testing Stone. Drip your fresh blood on it."

Li Zhi looked at Li Tan with a smile, the scene was unspeakably creepy.

At this moment, the Blood Spirit Testing Stone flew towards Li Tan without warning!

And it slammed hard into his head! Blood immediately spurted!

The Spirit Testing Stone, stained with blood, suddenly glowed brightly.

"The Spirit Testing Stone is a bit disobedient. You have to believe I didn't do it on purpose."

Li Zhi's expression was innocent, and he waved his hand helplessly.

The Spirit Testing Stone glowed brightly with blood-red light, and strange patterns kept changing, accompanied by terrifying low growls.

Li Zhi, noticing the change in the Spirit Testing Stone, stared at it like a hungry wolf!

The expression on his face was very frantic, his mouth wide open, his lips about to split.

"Blood Bat? Low Grade?"

"It actually improved again!"

"Five Poisons, Yin Snake, Kui Python...."

"Hahahahaha.... Lucky kid, your talent is quite good."

Li Tan naturally didn't know what nonsense Li Zhi was talking about.

"Your talent has actually reached Level 3 Medium Grade. This level of talent is already considered excellent among outer Disciples."

"Perhaps because of you, I can even receive some extra rewards."

Li Zhi's lips curled up, and his eyes clearly showed a hint of appreciation.

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Tan was stunned for a moment: "My talent is Level 3 Medium Grade! It's truly a turn of fortune! This level of talent is much better than I had expected."

"This level of talent can definitely allow me to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment! After the excitement, Li Tan suddenly seemed to realize, why hadn't Li Zhi's expression changed much?"

"Could it be that he had already regarded me as his prey?"

At this moment, only one breath of time had passed in the outside world, but Li Tan's heart was already filled with several doubts.

His vigilance was strong, and then his eyes looked directly at Li Zhi.

But Li Zhi seemed not to see it, merely walking out silently.

After walking to a position Li Tan couldn't glimpse, his face looked somewhat desolate and very downcast.

"Xi'er, your son is just as you expected, surpassing our hopes."

"You succeeded, but I am also about to succeed! Soon we will never be separated again; the Blood Lotus Fruit has been found!"

Li Zhi seemed to remember something and actually turned back!

Under Li Tan's very puzzled gaze, Li Zhi spoke calmly: "One month from now, I will take you back to the Corpse Wraith Sect. Cherish your time in Qingfeng City, as you will rarely have the chance to come back later."

Looking at Li Zhi's gradually departing back.

At this moment, Li Tan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Zhi had truly harbored evil intentions, then even if he had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough.

The younger one is, the greater the advantage of Awakening a Spiritual Root, but the cost is also quite high. Spirit Testing Stones are consumables!

Except for Golden Core super-forces, Foundation Establishment force Disciples Awaken at twelve, and Qi Condensation force Disciples Awaken at fourteen. It must be that the Righteous Path has reached some kind of agreement.

Demonic Path Sects precisely use this point to preemptively recruit Disciples, but naturally, they won't snatch those Disciples from super-forces.

Golden Core powerhouses can project their Spiritual Sense externally! And the Golden Core Family's backing is a Nascent Soul top-tier force!

Demonic Sects naturally won't engage in battle with Golden Core Nascent Soul Grand Cultivators for the sake of an unawakened Genius.

After all, if Golden Core Nascent Soul Cultivators are injured, the resources needed for recovery are enormous....

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After much thought, Li Tan prepared to refine his first Corpse Fiend in his life. Fortunately, the Materials for refinement were not expensive.

The Corpse Fiend Condensation Method includes the Qi Condensation Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Among the refining methods for Qi Condensation Stage Corpse Fiend, the only Materials required are "Yin Spirit Flower, Corpse Fiend Stone, and Qi Yin Grass."

And a little Evil Qi. These three Materials often grow in places with dense Evil Qi.

This also led to their price not being much more expensive than the Wash Marrow Pill, perhaps because in the territory of the Righteous Path, this Yin-attribute Spirit Material has little use in Alchemy, only being used as an auxiliary Material.

As for places with dense Evil Qi, undoubtedly, cemeteries have always been a good place.

When trying to refine a Corpse, one can go to the ordinary Family Disciple cemetery, where people are rarely seen.

As for sweeping graves and visiting deceased relatives, besides his father, Li Tan didn't seem to have seen many people who frequently went.

After all, for lower-class Disciples, just surviving was good enough; they might as well do hard labor to make ends meet instead of spending that time.

Li Tan already had two thousand Spirit Stones in his hand, and the first thing to do was to gather the Spirit Materials he needed to buy!

But he had always presented himself as a poor boy to the outside world, so if he suddenly became extravagant, it would be difficult not to arouse suspicion.

So, Li Tan spent some copper coins at a small stall to buy a face-covering mask.

Then he made three separate purchases.

Among them were other Materials needed for Corpse refining, as well as some Medicinal Pills for healing, and he even bought two Origin Qi Pills to help increase his Cultivation speed.

To be even more cautious, when he went to buy Spirit Materials for the third time, he also bought a one-time defensive Talisman, which cost Li Tan a full six hundred Spirit Stones!

This Talisman could defend against one attack below Qi Condensation Fourth Layer, serving as a trump card for survival.

And Qi Condensation has twelve layers; the price of a Talisman that can defend against one attack from Qi Condensation Twelfth Layer is beyond estimation.

And Medicinal Pills and the like are even more expensive of the expensive!

Materials accounted for two-tenths of the total value of the Medicinal Pill, while the labor cost directly took seven or eight-tenths!